© Supplied The fire has burned through about 80 hectares. Helicopters will on Sunday morning return to a large forest fire which has burned through about 80 hectares south of Whanganui.
The blaze broke out on Saturday at Brandon Hall Rd and is yet to be contained.
Overnight, the fire was moving in a north-easterly direction towards State Highway 3 and there's been a significant smoke drift through Manawatu and central Hawke's Bay.
On Saturday evening, three water tankers and 11 fire crews were initially called to the scene.
Video sent to Newshub on Saturday showed a large plume of grey smoke in the sky. A witness said he had seen about five fire trucks heading towards a fire north of Palmerston North.
There were no reports of injury.
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